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Spreading Pink Hope

McGee (left) with a family friend, also a breast cancer survivor.

Three years ago, Bridget Baker McGee's cousin, Carla, was diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with her first child.   Feeling powerless to help, McGee was determined to get proactive about fighting breast cancer in the future.   Around that same time, McGee also watched as her sister participated in the 3-day walk for breast cancer research.  That experience, combined with her cousin’s recent diagnosis, inspired McGee to get involved creating more awareness for the deadly disease.

McGee immediately began raising money and spreading the word through social networking, emailing and word of mouth.   Before long, she was actively volunteering for the Race for the Cure, which is sponsored by the Susan G. Komen foundation.  Every March, McGee recruits family and friends to don their favorite pink outfit and join her team, “B and Friends” on a three-mile walk around her Louisiana home town.   And her efforts have only grown. 

“The first year I started this, five people showed up to walk with me,” says McGee.  “Last year, there were 30 people.  It just keeps getting bigger.”

But McGee’s outreach work doesn’t end there.  She is also actively involved as a Team Captain in the Passionately Pink for the Cure campaign.  The campaign encourages volunteers to organize their own “pink day” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month every October.  As team captain, McGee recruits friends, colleagues and family members to donate a minimum of five dollars to breast cancer research and wear pink in honor of those fighting the disease.   The campaign has been a huge hit at her office where upwards of 30 co-workers have gotten involved. 

“I’m thinking of doing some sort of incentive next year,” McGee says with a smile.  “I’m thinking of giving out pink feather boas for every donation of $15 or more.”

Pink boas aside, McGee feels like her efforts have done exactly what she set out to do; raise awareness and support a noble cause.   This is something she will continue to do for years to come.

“This summer celebrates my cousin’s third year fighting cancer, and her daughter’s third birthday,” she says.  “Whether I raise $100 or $500 or more, I feel like I am doing something good and I will continue doing it for them.” 

After all, she says, “You’re not put on this earth to receive.  You have to give.”